Thursday, May 25, 2017

Homing pigeon caught smuggling 170 ecstasy pills in homemade 'backpack'

Via Drudge: The bird was stopped with the sack strapped to its back as it soared between Iraq and Kuwait.

A homing pigeon has been caught smuggling more than 170 ecstasy pills in a homemade 'backpack' after police tracked its progress across the border of two countries.

The bird was stopped with the sack strapped to its back as it soared between Iraq and Kuwait.

Al Arabiya reports carrier pigeons are increasingly being used in the region as an unorthodox drug smuggling technqiue.

3 comments:

Evi L. Bloggerlady said...

Did they use a falcon to stop the pigeon?

Leland said...

I give credit to the smugglers for ingenuity. The backpack is kind of cute, except for the person opening it like a vagina.

AllenS said...

Some people are going to be greatly disappointed.